I hope that we will be told soon in any of the next SOTGs about these announced changes in the UG. I really hope that they are meaningful and not just a couple of tweaks here and there, since I used to love going into the UG. Apart from commendations, it has become somewhat repetitive of lately and would love to see some changes in it. Like what?
For starters, I would like to see the endless maze that has been already suggested by quite a few people here in reddit and elsewhere. The deeper you get (i.e., the more phases you do continuously), the sweeter loot you should get. And you and your team should be able to leave at the end of any phase as you please.
Secondly, I would welcome some loot specific to the underground, that could only be obtained there (I would have done this also in the DZ, but.....). For example? I am thinking that some of the rooms in each phase could include a random modifier that would turn them into something similar to the contaminated DZ areas. That would mean that you and your team must traverse them in a finite amount of time, unless you have specific protective gear that only drops in the UG. Maybe a new gear set? Fill these rooms with some interesting heavies, to make them more interesting!
Another possibility is to consider the possibility that some rooms be filled with NPCs of different factions that are fighting each other. Your team might have to kill them all to proceed or try to cross the room undetected. To do the latter, some stealth-related gear might be useful, that should also drop only in the UG. Some hard-hitting enemies should be in those rooms to make the stealth approach a desirable option, except for the best-geared teams.
There are probably many other additions that could make the UG much more spicy. I really hope that they have thought about this and implemented some meaningful changes.
TL;DR: make UG really more interesting with substantial changes, not just a few tweaks!!!
Stay tuned to SotG for more information on this topic and other changes coming in Update 1.8.
I personally certainly think they are meaningful and i really hope you will appreciate them, but it remains to be seen what you guys and gals in the community will make of them.
/ Johan
I love ug nearly got 3 chars at 40 and close to getting ug reconthat patch looks awesome. I'd also like to suggest that you make all the previous dlc free to boost numbers everywhere. I have no problem others getting them for free as I've certainly had my money's worth.
I really hope the changes add more variety to the gameplay down there.